the First Week of Advent
Click here to learn more!
Bible Lexicons
Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary Greek Lexicon
Strong's #4433 - πτωχεύω
- Thayer
- Strong
- Mounce
- to be a beggar, to beg, to be poor
- Book
- Word
- Parsing
did not use
this Strong's Number
πτωχ-εύω,
fut. -σω Od. 15.309: Ep. impf. πτωχεύεσκον 18.2: —
to be a beggar, go begging, Il.cc.; ἀνὰ δῆμον 19.73, cf. Tyrt. 10.4, Ar. Nu. 921 (anap.), etc.; ἐπὶ ξενίας Antipho 2.2.9 .
2. to be as poor as a beggar, Antiph. 322, Pl. Erx. 394b .
3. metaph. c. gen., to be badly off for, πραγμάτων, of historians, Plb. 7.7.6 .
II trans., beg ( for ), δαῖτα Od. 17.11, 19 .
2. c. acc.pers., ask an alms of, φίλους Thgn. 922 .
πτωχεύω: 1 aorist ἐπτώχευσα; (πτωχός, which see); properly, to be a beggar, to beg; so in classical Greek from Homer down; in the N. T. once, to be poor: 2 Corinthians 8:9, on which see πλούσιος, b. at the end (Tobit 4:21; the Sept. for דָּלַל to be weak, afflicted, Judges 6:6; Psalm 78:8
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights rserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
πτωχεύω
(< πτωχός ),
[in LXX: Judges 6:6, Psalms 79:8 (H1809); Judges 14:15 A, Proverbs 23:21 (H3423); Psalms 34:10 (H7326), Tobit 4:21 *;]
1. to be a beggar, to beg (so chiefly in cl.).
2. to be poor as a beggar, to be destitute, poor: opp. to πλούσιος ὤν , 2 Corinthians 8:9.†
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
